ObituaryFrank McKinley
Submitted on Monday, May 11, 2009
Frank McKinley, Denton, Professor Emeritus of music who taught at North Texas from
1940 to 1942 and from 1947 to 1980, died Oct. 23. “Mr. Mac,” as he was known by his
students, held a master’s degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton and completed
his doctoral course work at Indiana University. He joined North Texas as a voice teacher
and director of the Chapel Choir. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War
II and briefly at Kentucky Wesleyan College, he returned to lead the A Cappella Choir
for more than 30 years. The choir concluded its 1964 European tour with a performance
at the World’s Fair in New York. In 1978, it became the first collegiate choir to
record with the Royal London Philharmonic. Memorials may be made to the Frank McKinley
Endowment for Choral Studies at UNT. For more information, call (940) 565-2243 or
e-mail elida.tamez@unt.edu.